forworth

English

Etymology

From Middle English forworthen, from Old English forweorþan (“to perish, pass away, vanish; deteriorate, sicken”), from Proto-Germanic *frawerþaną (“to perish, come to ruin”), equivalent to for- (“away, wrongly, badly”) +‎ worth (“to turn into, become”). Cognate with Dutch verworden.

Verb

forworth (third-person singular simple present forworths, present participle forworthing, simple past forworthed or forword, past participle forworthed or forword or forworthen or forworden)

  1. (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To perish, forfare; come to nought or ruin; go wrong.
  2. (intransitive, rare, Scotland, Northern England, obsolete) To degenerate (into); become (something inferior); come to.

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